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Events on Thursday 26 September 1918 2
1918Meuse-Argonne OffensiveLargest American military operation of World War IAmerican and French forces launched a massive offensive along the Meuse River and through the Argonne Forest, aiming to cut German rail lines supplying the Western Front. It became the largest and deadliest operation of the war for the American Expeditionary Forces, with over 26,000 US soldiers killed. The offensive continued until the Armistice ended the fighting.
1918The Meuse-Argonne OffensiveArgonne, FranceThe largest operation in American military history to that point, involving 1.2 million troops and costing 26,000 American dead in six weeks.